Ford Motor Company was born in the imagination of a young man with a big vision. A century later, we’re still all about innovation – whether it’s advancing the cars of today or reimagining the way the world moves tomorrow. That’s why we support the STEAM initiatives that grow smart kids who will have what it takes to show us what’s next.

Inspiring hearts. Developing minds.

As the world leaps forward, we’re preparing students to step up to the challenges ahead. Explore some of the exciting programs designed to inspire the next generation of thinkers and makers.

This past October, Ford Motor Company hosted Karlie Kloss and a group of Kode with Klossy scholars for a day of coding and inspiration from Ford’s women in tech, at the new Ford Corktown Office in downtown Detroit.

The Ford engineers, along with Karlie and the Kode With Klossy team worked with the girls and helped open their eyes to the possibilities of a career in STEAM. Throughout the day, the scholars participated in a series of challenges in areas like robotics, programming and VR. At the end of the day, the girls heard from a panel of female Ford engineers and executive leaders who encouraged the scholars to pursue their passions in tech.

“As a female leader in mobility at Ford Motor Company, it is important to share my experience with young girls interested in a STEAM career,” Marcy Klevorn, Executive Vice President and President of Mobility at Ford Motor Company. “Each scholar was so passionate and engaged throughout the day, and I can’t wait to see what their futures hold.”

Along with the scholar experience day in Detroit, Ford collaborated with Omaze on a social campaign to raise funds for Kode with Klossy. Through the campaign, Omaze site visitors were given the opportunity to donate to the coding camps in exchange for a sweepstakes entry for a chance to win a 2019 Ford Mustang. The winner, chosen at random, will be flown out to Detroit in April of this year to tour the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and discuss how they plan to personalize their new Mustang, over lunch, with Karlie Kloss.

As a result of the funds raised from the Omaze campaign and Ford's sponsorship, the 2019 Kode With Klossy camp scholarships, helping nearly 1,000 young women across the 16 listed cities, as well as providing a significant investment in teacher training and curriculum.

Kode With Klossy empowers girls to learn to code and become leaders in tech. Founded in 2015, when Karlie Kloss began learning to code, Kode With Klossy hosts summer coding camps for girls aged 13–18 and fosters a national community, furthering opportunities for girls in tech. Kode With Klossy and Ford Steam Experience are both committed to empowering girls to pursue their passions in STEAM. That’s why Ford was so excited to help expand the Kode With Klossy summer coding camps, through a multi-year partnership—strengthening abilities, boosting confidence and empowering each girl to create her own future.

Ford Motor Company hosted the second annual STEAM Day – showcasing the company’s commitment to STEAM education – encouraging today’s youth to learn more about science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
As part of Ford’s commitment to STEAM, the Ford STEAM Council, which designs, develops and delivers programs to grow a talent pipeline for Ford, held the STEAM Day fair on November 9 at the Ford Product Development Center in Dearborn, Mich.
The event is designed to help increase employee awareness and reinforce the importance of these technological fields and education, as well as encourage more employees to get involved and be ambassadors for Ford’s efforts to become a global thought leader in STEAM.

Ford Next Generation Learning – with a specific mission to transform teaching and learning, primarily through changing the relationship schools have with businesses – was one of many organizations in attendance at the fair, working to showcase their work in STEAM education and how it can be improved.

“To borrow an old phrase, it takes a village,” said Beth Grzelak, coach for Ford NGL. “We need more people that have these technical backgrounds and interest to do this kind of work, so if students, teachers and schools are surrounded by it and have the resources, it can only help.”

The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation also attended this year’s STEAM Day – with their mission to grow and inspire girls and women in technology fields. Chris Rydzewski, executive director of MCWT, said one of the challenges is the lack of women in these fields – only 24 percent in technology. Her organization’s goal is to stop the mindset that young girls don’t want to get into STEAM fields by helping them have a better understanding of what STEAM is, what it entails and how fun it can be.

“The future is technology, it’s all about STEAM, we need to work on getting more people interested, and events like this are a perfect way to do that,” Rydzewski said. “This shows our support for Ford and also helps us with engagement.”

Prashant Javkar, strategy and programs manager for Ford’s corporate STEAM team, said Ford’s investment in STEAM education and programs is crucial in order to fill the large gap between STEAM talent needs of the future and the skilled workforce currently available. Ford’s outreach with events like this also helps give the company an opportunity to learn more about the community.

American industry was built on innovation. Yet, innovation is tightly tied to science, technology, engineering and math, the combination of subjects commonly referred to as STEM. The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) has been working to expand the nation’s thinking by approaching educators and the legislature with evidence that art and design are “poised to transform our economy in the 21st century, just as science and technology did in the last century.”[i] So, several years ago, the design school began championing the STEAM movement. According to the RISD STEM to STEAM website, “the goal is to foster the true innovation that comes with combining the mind of a scientist or technologist with that of an artist or designer.”[ii]

In an article originally created for ARCADE Magazine (issue 31.2, 2013) and updated recently, Babette Allina, an artist, a research policy expert and RISD’s director of government relations, wrote:

“STEAM began to gain traction in industry and government circles with the introduction of House Resolution 319, sponsored by Jim Langevin (D-RI), ‘expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that adding art and design into federal programs that target Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth in the United States.’ In 2013, RISD helped to launch the Congressional STEAM Caucus, and in 2016, Caucus Co-Chair Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) successfully introduced an amendment to the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now ESSA), laying the foundation for integrating K-12 arts and STEM education:‘(vi) integrating other academic subjects, including the arts, into STEM programs to increase participation in STEM, improve attainment of STEM-related skills and promote well-rounded education.’”

This type of movement in legislation will go a long way in helping RISD’s work toward the integration of art and design in K-20 education with the hope of driving innovation in the 21st century.

Ford Motor Company is committed to providing young people with the opportunity to explore STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and math – in a hands-on way.

On December 10, more than 75 girls from schools around the metro Detroit area, in grades four through eight, came together at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. The Science Center hosts several programs to give young women hands-on experience with tech fields – one of those being the Ford-sponsored STEMinista project.

The participants were given recycled materials to create an innovation or invention that solves a problem of their choosing – they ranged from transportation to food. One group created a flying car with their recycled materials to solve a transportation issue, while another created a device that delivered a food of their choosing to them, with just the push of a button.

Fifteen Ford role models – women in STEM fields ranging from environmental science, finance, product development, information technology and manufacturing– spent a few minutes with each group of girls, talking to them about their careers, and helping them with their innovations and inventions.

The program aims to show young girls the several different areas where STEM plays a role – medical, technical, and many more. One way to do that, is to surround them with women who are in these fields, and allow them to “pick their brains” – ask questions and explore their day-to-day activities, in order to give them a real-life idea of what a future in STEM looks like.

“It isn’t just about being good at math and science,” said Alison Bazil, business manager for vehicle components and system engineering at Ford. “If you like to be creative and inventive, solve problems and make things better, that’s really what engineering is all about.”

Bazil herself was interested in a career in engineering at a young age, and was hired at Ford when she was 21 years old. She said one of the messages she wants to give young women is that stereotypes about STEM fields aren’t always accurate.

“There is a stereotype that engineers sit in a dark cube and never talk to another soul, they’re just clicking around on a computer,” said Bazil. “It’s so much more creative than that; at times we’re going to get actual parts, we’re playing and being very hands-on in order to be creative.”

That’s not dissimilar to what the groups were instructed to do with their recycled materials – find a way to solve a problem by creating something with what you’re given. That assignment is an honest way to show these young women what a career in STEM can be like.

“It is so important to set an example – engineering is not a new field, but they don’t see a lot of women who do it,” said Bazil. “What’s great about this program is we have all different women from Ford – all ages and backgrounds, to drive the message home.”

Ford Motor Company recognizes that robotics programs are a great way for children to start experiencing STEAM fields in action. For that reason, the company has been supporting FIRST® Robotics for nearly 20 years.

FIRST® – For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology – provides the opportunity for students in grades K-12 to work in teams, bringing STEAM fields to life by building their own robots. For two students in particular, the program was very beneficial to them even after they graduated from college.

Matthew Carpenter and Robert Self – former members of FIRST® – are now full-time employees at Ford through the company’s Ford College Graduate program. The rotational program gives college grads the opportunity to work in several different departments throughout the company over a 32 month period, before committing to an area permanently.

Carpenter became a FIRST® member in high school, after some friends who were heavily involved in the program encouraged him to check it out. “I was one of those kids that always took stuff apart when they were little, so this was right up there with the kind of things I was interested in,” he said.

Carpenter’s team was mentored by Ford employees, which helped him network and ultimately, get into the Ford College Graduate program. He credits his ability to pick up technical skills like computer aided design and programming to his FIRST® involvement. He said participating in the program made him realize that he liked hands-on problem solving, which led him to pursue engineering as a career, not just a hobby.

“I learned a lot about communicating with people who have different backgrounds than I do,” Carpenter said. “That’s an essential skill for working in cross-functional teams.”

Self joined the program his junior year in high school, and credits FIRST® with helping guide him toward a definitive career path. He says through the program, he learned core engineering skills that he uses in his position at Ford today.

“At the time, I was really involved in physics and chemistry and the core science and math courses, but I didn’t necessarily know exactly what I wanted to do,” said Self. “Being able to go and work with other high school students and industry mentors, develop my technical skills, and realize how math and science are used outside the classroom really opened up the window for me to realize that I wanted to be an engineer.”

His involvement in FIRST® has come full circle, as he is now on the Ford FIRST® board, working to improve employee involvement with mentoring. He himself will be mentoring teams beginning in January.

Both Self and Carpenter agree that based on their experience in the Ford College Graduate program so far, it meets its goal – to help millennials build a career with Ford Motor Company.

As part of its expanding support for STEAM educational programs, Ford Motor Company has joined with Girls Who Code, a non-profit that teaches computer science to sixth through 12th grade girls. The company is hosting daylong tech events at its Ford Research and Innovation Center in Palo Alto, California.

“The girls get the chance to see what cool projects exist at a company like Ford that involve the use of code, so they can envision how what they’re learning right now can be used in the future,” said Ford research scientist Sarah Houts, a panelist at one of the events. “They also get to see the diverse backgrounds of the people who work on those projects so they can gain an understanding that code is a tool with applications for nearly every field.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in STEAM related fields will grow to more than 9 million by 2022. Both women and men are needed to fill those jobs.

“The use of technology is growing exponentially among young people, yet it’s becoming increasingly difficult to attract them to technology-related educational programs,” said Marcy Klevorn, Ford chief information officer. “Ford is working with Girls Who Code to educate them on the many exciting career opportunities available in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. This kind of outreach grows more important each year.”

So far this year, Ford has held three sessions with Girls Who Code, and recently hired two alumni as interns. One is working with augmented reality models and menus, the other with Java and Android. Already, each of these young women has produced work resulting in her being listed as sole inventor in separate invention disclosures – the first step in securing a patent.

The collaboration has been rewarding for Ford and Girls Who Code. “This program has been a great success,” said Jeffry Keiffer, manager human resources in Palo Alto. “We hope to continue the relationship in 2017.”

As part of the commitment Ford Motor Company made to STEAM education, the company is investing in the next generation of automakers – engineers, technicians, scientists, designers and innovators.

In the last five years, Ford has invested over 63 million dollars in education-related programs. The goal of the Ford STEAM experience is to serve as a learning and sharing hub that makes STEAM education more accessible to American youth.

On January 30, Vice President of information technology and chief information officer at Ford, Marcy Klevorn, visited second-grade students at Detroit Country Day Lower School, to educate them on STEAM fields – science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Klevorn explained how Ford employees tackle problems to improve people’s lives.

“At a time when the need for STEAM careers is rising, the supply for those roles is not,” Klevorn said. “That’s why it’s important for us to get these children excited about being in those roles, so they can start thinking about what’s possible for them in the future.”

The students learned about the FordPass app™ – a total customer experience that is designed to improve people’s lives as they navigate through cities, find parking available in select cities, use their phones for vehicle information and more. They were also given the opportunity to get an inside look at a Ford vehicle that uses the FordPass app, exploring how the app is designed to work in conjunction with the vehicle.

Klevorn introduced them to the team of Ford employees who work on the app, from its design to data. Those team members also helped the students brainstorm and create ideas for robotics projects they’re working on in school. Enabling the students to have discussions with the people who do these jobs every day gives them a clearer picture of the possibilities for their own futures.

“Our ultimate goal is to inspire interest in technology and innovation which is not only critical to Ford, but also the world’s future development,” said Klevorn. “By supporting education in these areas, we’re creating opportunities connecting the company and its employees directly with youth and the community-at-large.”

Jennifer Bullock, Detroit Country Day Lower School director said the presentation with Ford was very much in line with the school’s commitment to educating their students about STEAM fields. She and her staff believe that instead of asking students what specific careers they may want in their futures, they should be asking what problems they want to solve.

“The Ford team taught the children about how they work in teams to solve problems, and that many innovations are the result of lots of trial and error,” Bullock said. “They enjoyed learning about the industry’s progress toward autonomous vehicles, and current technology at Ford where cars and drivers communicate with each other.”

As part of Ford Motor Company’s collaboration with four Girl Scouts Councils, young girls from Southeastern Michigan’s council had the chance to explore STEAM-related fields in science, technology, engineering, arts and math through the first Ford Girls’ Fast Track Races event in Detroit on October 15.

The goal of the race is to provide hands-on experience in vehicle engineering and design to hundreds of Brownies and Juniors from each of the participating councils. The girls have the opportunity to learn about automotive science and engineering by building their own track race cars.

“Working together on this event today is just an outstanding way for us to show our innovation and support for girls in STEAM,” said Alison Bazil, business manager for vehicle components and system engineering for Ford Motor Company. “The Girl Scouts’ mission is to instill girls with courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place.”

Girls’ Fast Track Races, Powered by Ford, is designed to provide encouragement and motivation to the four participating councils as they work to build their own race cars. It gives participants the opportunity to connect and compete at the highest level – all while sparking creativity to ensure a brighter future, not just for Ford, but for the entire community.

“We want to build the girls’ confidence in their STEAM abilities by introducing them to different experiences like this, and to different STEAM professionals,” said Barb Sosin, director of council programs for the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan. “Ford has allowed us to provide this opportunity to the girls that they may not have otherwise had, and we’re very appreciative of Ford’s sponsorship of this event.”

Teaming up with the four Girl Scouts councils made sense for Ford, as the company knows diversity is imperative to future innovations. “This is just a collaboration made in heaven, between what Ford is wanting to do and what Girl Scouts is all about,” said Bazil.

In addition to offering guidance to the girls on their vehicles, Ford Motor Company engineers are judges in a design competition, where the cars are judged based on workmanship and creativity. Two design trophies are awarded in addition to trophies for the fastest Brownie and Junior cars.

Scott Weiler has been teaching for nearly 11 years. He’s currently teaching engineering at Amphi Middle School in Tucson, Ariz. – a city that he says is one of the poorest in the country. He sees a natural determination in his students, something seen in innovators, but they’re not sure what to do with it. He wanted to change that, and that’s how Girl Power in Science and Engineering was born.

It started in 2012, with the goal to connect young girls at Amphi with female mentors in STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts and math. The program began with 45 girls and 15 mentors, encouraging conversation, taking field trips and educating them on what STEAM is in a positive way.

The mentors Weiler brings into the program give the girls a real-life example of women who have worked hard to pursue a career in STEAM, and what it took to get them where they are. Oftentimes, the details are what’s lacking – the girls haven’t always encountered role models from STEAM fields in their personal lives.

“They meet these women in STEAM that I bring in, and they can see that they aren’t much different from their mother, their aunt, and so on,” Weiler said. “There are women that came from poverty, were immigrants, any of those things, it doesn’t matter.”

One key piece of the Girl Power program is making sure the participants get a well-rounded view of what’s involved in the STEAM fields – something that Weiler feels is often lacking in STEAM education.

“They can problem solve and go through a design process, build something, and that’s all great, but that doesn’t exactly tell them what it’s going to take to get there, what the outcome is going to be, and that there’s going to be obstacles,” he said.

Amphi Middle School is located just a few miles from the University of Arizona, a great science and engineering school, so Weiler takes the girls there to show them everything from the dorms to the classrooms. “We want them to understand that it’s not going to be for everybody, we’re not trying to tell them there’s only one path,” said Weiler. “We’re trying to say here’s one more path you may not have known about and you might like this a lot.”

The program has since grown to 60 girls and 25 mentors – which is the most they can take right now. “We can max out at 60 girls because that’s the maximum we can fit on a bus with two adults,” said Weiler. “If we could afford the extra bus then we would bump it up to 120, easily.”

School Retool is a professional development program that helps school principals and leaders redesign their schools’ culture. They do this by creating “hacks” – mini experiments that they can perform in their schools. The hacks start small and lead into deeper learning.

School Retool was developed at the d.school Institute of Design at Stanford in partnership with IDEO. The Henry Ford Learning Institute, which develops Design Thinking workshops, coaching and resources to support STEAM learning objectives, has been working with School Retool for the last eight months. The d.school and HFLI have had a relationship since 2007, making collaboration ideal. Centered around behaviors and design, principals from all over the state of Michigan brainstorm their hacks, improvements they’d like to see in their schools, and work to determine how to implement them to better the education of their students.

“Principals, school leaders, never have time to get together and brainstorm in a setting like this, and they never get this kind of support,” said Christopher Patten, associate director of design thinking at HFLI. “This is a very action-oriented experience for them, and that combined with the support they’re getting from the leaders at School Retool, is really great, it’s an excellent opportunity.”

“I think it’s important to leave the building and have the opportunity to think – oftentimes, we don’t have time to just think,” said Dr. Curtis Lewis, principal at the Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies. “When I leave the building, I’m constantly checking my phone and my email, so it’s valuable to really force us to put those things away and think; we don’t spend enough time doing that.”

One of the hacks Dr. Lewis wants to focus on during the program is a way to further engage his students in critical thinking, improving the deeper learning experience for them. “I want to leave here with some strategies, some ways to think about how I can address that concern, getting my students to think more critically than they already do,” he said.

There are four School Retool events in Detroit that these school leaders will attend, and after each one, they’ll have something to work on before the next meeting. The format for the program helps them identify what their aspirations are for their schools, to break those down into more specific areas and, finally, to come up with effective solutions.

This July, Michigan Technological University’s Summer Youth Programs (SYP) will host 24 exceptional middle school students from five Midwestern states. Ten of them have won a new, competitive scholarship called Junior Women in Engineering, funded by $10,000 from the Ford Motor Company.

The weeklong program will take place on the Michigan Tech campus in Houghton, Michigan, July 24 to 30, 2016.

The program is an exploration of the various types of engineering, showcasing future career paths. During the week, the students will stay in the residence halls, enjoy meals in the dining hall and attend class across campus, enabling them to get a feel for the independence that comes with attending college. The main purpose of the program is to help girls learn what engineering entails and help them to envision their future as women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields.

Exploring Engineering Fields

Participants from Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Illinois will be challenged to design and implement various projects from many different fields of engineering, including civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, materials and more. The students will problem-solve, create, work in teams and learn to overcome obstacles, much the way engineers do in their careers.

Ford Motor Company also provided $10,000 in funding towards each of Michigan Tech’s Women in Engineering (WIE) and Women in Computer Science (WICS) scholarship programs. “STEM at Ford is committed to helping develop a skilled workforce,” said Alison Bazil, co-lead of the company’s STEM Advisory Council. “The Michigan Tech summer engineering program is a great way for Ford to support students exploring the STEM fields.”

Ford also gave $10,000 to help support WIE in 2015.

Women in Engineering

WIE is a highly competitive, engaging week-long look at engineering careers in areas such as mechanical, computer, environmental, electrical, chemical, biomedical, civil, geological and materials engineering. One hundred and fifty high school students from across the country and around the world will participate in the program, which features engineering sessions, group projects and special topic presentations. Participants this year include high school students from Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Georgia, California, Arizona, Alabama, Wisconsin, Washington, Virginia and the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The WICS program includes an exploration of computer programming, artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality, visualization, networks and cybersecurity. Twenty-four young women will learn about career opportunities in computing and the excellent job prospects in a wide range of industries. Participants this year will travel from Missouri, California, New Jersey, Arizona, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Summer Youth Programs also offers a variety of other camps and explorations, including business, computing, engineering, humanities, leadership, social sciences, outdoor and environmental studies, and science and technology. Each camp is one week long, beginning June 21 and ending August 1, 2016.

For more information on SYP camps or scholarship opportunities, visit www.syp.mtu.edu or call the Center for Pre-College Outreach office at (906) 487-2219.

In collaboration with Destination Imagination, a nonprofit whose mission is to “empower students to change the world,” Ford Motor Company created a challenge called Escape the Garage that required students to draw on their ingenuity and teamwork. The challenge debuted at Global Finals 2016 in Knoxville, Tenn., in May.

When student groups such as global champion Team Lightbulb from Caruso Middle School in Deerfield, Ill., entered the Ford-designed garage on May 28 and the door closed, members had 10 minutes to solve clues that would help them escape.

“Students combined teamwork and STEAM skills, which is exactly what Destination Imagination is all about, to figure out how to solve a problem they’d never seen before,” said Team Lightbulb coach Dave Kaufman. “Having a major sponsor like Ford be a part of the students’ experience was amazing.”

Members of Team Lightbulb said their emotions ranged from nervousness to excitement at the start of the event, but one thing resonated with all five of them – teamwork would be key to the escape.

“When we figured out different clues in the garage, we communicated that to the others to help them solve their clues,” said Team Lightbulb’s Alexandria Shick.

Another team member, Emme Sang, said that after unlocking one of the lockers, they had trouble getting the lock out. “There were maybe three of us working on it, so we had to call over another teammate to get the lock out.”

Students had to draw on their own technical skills without any help from adults – known throughout Destination Imagination as outside interference. From the coaches’ perspectives, this was a teaching moment, one that really empowered the student participants.

“The kids were super excited and kept talking about it afterward,” said Kaufman. “This experience will stay with them for a long time, and that’s very valuable.” For more than 30 years, Ford Motor Company has inspired young people to seek knowledge, be curious, solve problems and – like Henry Ford himself – make dreams of a better world come true. The company is committed to fostering interest in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math among American youth to help ensure the country can maintain its legacy of innovation and continue to thrive in a global economy.

HFLI recently had the opportunity to facilitate a series of Design Thinking challenges for more than 120 young people at the 2016 Destination Imagination Global Finals. Each May, more than 8,000 youth participate in DI’s international competition, celebrate their creativity and have fun. This year, teams from 20 countries traveled to Knoxville, Tenn. for the event.

The mobility-focused Design Thinking challenges were sponsored by Ford Motor Company. Both compelling and age appropriate, they included connections to dynamic transportation design careers and were created specifically for elementary school, middle school and high school students:

• Features for Creatures – Ages 8-14/Grades 2-7

• Commandeer Your Gear – Ages 11-15/Grades 6-10

• Reboot Your Commute – Ages 14-adult/Grades 8-adult

For example, in the “Features for Creatures” rapid cycle challenge, participants ages 8-14 designed a way for their user to transport a pet.

Christopher Patten, our Associate Director of Design Thinking, found the Design Thinking challenges to be a fantastic opportunity to open young minds to new people, new perspectives, and a new way of thinking.

Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation Names Ford Motor Company’s Judy Asher ‘Woman of the Year in Technology’

Ford Motor Company works with several organizations to achieve success in its commitment to STEAM education – encouraging young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Many Ford employees actively participate and volunteer for the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation (MCWT), supporting the mission to make Michigan the No. 1 state for women in technology.

MCWT strives to inspire and grow the female IT workforce - students, corporate partners, schools and the overall community with networking, learning, mentoring and technology experiences for professionals and students.

Judy Asher is this year’s recipient of MCWT’s “Woman of the Year in Technology” award, which recognizes women in Michigan who are leading or driving change in information technology careers or fields of study. Asher was presented with the award at the nonprofit’s signature gala on Nov. 3 in Rochester, Mich.

Asher is manager of cyber security governance, risk and compliance and security and controls compliance at Ford. She is a passionate advocate for MCWT and its programs – a leader in STEAM initiatives at Ford, and has inspired a multitude of young people to explore related career paths.

She’s been engaged with MCWT for the past 10 years, and is the chief mission officer for university programs. Scholarships, technology camps and programs like Girls Solve IT have gained momentum as a result of her dedication and mentoring.

“I am excited to continue to contribute to the state of Michigan becoming the place where women in technology can thrive,” said Asher.

Jeff Lemmer, Ford Motor Company vice president and CIO, said "It’s an honor to see Judy recognized as a leader driving inspiration and education for women in the field of technology. Her work with MCWT and Ford’s STEAM Experience programs are strengthening our community to inspire the hearts and developing minds for the next generation.”

To inspire the next generation of automakers, it's critical that children be exposed to STEAM at an early age. If they've acquired an interest in STEAM principles by eighth grade, they're three times more likely to pursue careers in STEAM fields later in life. By providing the right opportunities and resources, we can inspire more kids to become innovators, problem solvers and big dreamers.

With hopes of getting kids interested in the big world of automotive, we started with what felt natural -- cars, small ones. This series of quick videos demonstrates how to create fun DIY cars while learning basic STEAM principles. Watch the videos with your kids to help explore their interestes and expand their minds.

For months, college engineering students with a passion for motorsports breathe, eat and live race car aerodynamics – tuning, testing and tweaking their cars to ensure their team has the lightest, fastest machine on the track.

Since 2004, hundreds of students on Ford-sponsored teams in Formula SAE, Solar Car, SAE Super mileage and other series work to make their cars as aerodynamically efficient as possible. They aim for perfection – striving to be the fastest and the best. Along their journey, Ford engineers help them refine their craft in one of the company’s world-class wind tunnels.

Ford has been inspiring and mentoring the next generation of dedicated student racers for more than a decade, offering the time and expertise of its engineers and allowing the teams to put their cars to the test in its tunnel facilities in Allen Park, Michigan.

An automotive wind tunnel generates a controlled stream of fast-moving air, simulating real-world conditions to allow aerodynamic development in vehicles.

Ford’s wind tunnel is particularly sophisticated, providing both aerodynamic and aeroacoustic testing in a wide variety of environmental conditions for the company’s diverse lineup of both current and future vehicles. Ultimately, the facility allows Ford to bring higher-quality products to its customers.

A wide variety of student teams are putting their prototype vehicles to the test at Ford’s wind tunnel facility Some of these include the University of Michigan-Dearborn; University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Missouri University of Science and Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Michigan State University; and The Ohio State University.

“For Ford, this is great community involvement,” says Erik Stancato, a Ford vehicle architecture-vehicle integration engineer. Stancato formerly captained his Formula SAE team at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. “We have the testing facilities, we can answer the technical questions, and we can offer occasional manufacturing support,” he says.

Steve Wegryn, Ford supervisor of wind tunnel operations, says the facility lets the students come full-circle on their designs. “By simulating race speeds, they can validate their projections and estimations on downforce and drag with hard data – enabling them to tweak their design for optimal performance,” he says.

Very true, says Justin Rujan, lead aerodynamics engineer for the Formula SAE team at University of MichiganDearborn. Rujan recently spent a day in Ford’s wind tunnel. “In a book, you can learn the basics and lay the groundwork to make design choices,” he says. “But until you can actually apply that, and know you’re doing it the right way, it’s hard to make those choices.”

In May 2015, the U-M Dearborn team placed 8th out of 120 college teams at the Michigan International Speedway, competing against teams from around the world.

However, the results can be seen long before the race begins. Tristan MacKethan, a junior and co-aerodynamic lead for Formula SAE’s MRacing at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, says his team was able to optimize downforce by 24 percent as a result of an eight-hour session in the tunnel.

Downforce improves traction and cornering abilities, both important factors in racing. Ultimately, this should lead to faster lap times on the track.

MacKethan, interning at Ford this summer in the autonomous vehicle platform group, is part of a growing community of recruits from the program.

Competing on a student team offers benefits even after college, notes Joe Hendrickson, who joined Ford as a systems engineer soon after graduating from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2015.

He served as captain of his Formula SAE team his senior year.

“With this program, you’re using your degree before you even get out of school,” he says. “You’re used to changing things around, collaborating, trying new things. That’s helped me immensely in my position at Ford.”

Thanks
to the High School Science and Technology Program (HSSTP), Sarah Makki
is currently doing a work-study program with the calibration team for
2liter, while completing her bachelor’s degree in Robotics Engineering
at the University of Michigan Dearborn.

Makki
attended the HSSTP Saturday sessions, and from there was hired as a
summer intern at Ford, where she was able to facilitate experiments and
contribute to research that helped open her eyes to the possibilities at
Ford.

“I
love working at Ford, and the high school internship was eye-opening,”
she said. “The program helped me recognize my strengths and weaknesses
and all of the possibilities at Ford.”

The
student said her experiences with HSSTP and Ford also helped her narrow
down what she wanted to study, as well as what she would need in order
to do that. Additionally, it helped her see the possibilities beyond
school – showing her what’s out there after graduation.

“I
want to do something cool and make something that really changes
mobility, and I have realized through my experience here that I can
definitely do that at Ford,” Makki said.

The
goal of HSSTP is to give student participants valuable insights into
real-life applications of the skills learned in classrooms, while also
giving Ford a chance to promote science and engineering and encouraging
students to consider new career options.

“For
over 30 years, the program has given students the opportunity to spend
time on the Ford campus in Dearborn, while meeting with scientists,
engineers and technicians to see how science and engineering can have
real-world applications,” said Ken Washington, Ford vice president,
research and advanced engineering.

About 200 students attend presentations by Ford employees who volunteer their time each year.

This past October, Ford Motor Company hosted Karlie Kloss and a group of Kode with Klossy scholars for a day of coding and inspiration from Ford’s women in tech, at the new Ford Corktown Office in downtown Detroit.

The Ford engineers, along with Karlie and the Kode With Klossy team worked with the girls and helped open their eyes to the possibilities of a career in STEAM. Throughout the day, the scholars participated in a series of challenges in areas like robotics, programming and VR. At the end of the day, the girls heard from a panel of female Ford engineers and executive leaders who encouraged the scholars to pursue their passions in tech.

“As a female leader in mobility at Ford Motor Company, it is important to share my experience with young girls interested in a STEAM career,” Marcy Klevorn, Executive Vice President and President of Mobility at Ford Motor Company. “Each scholar was so passionate and engaged throughout the day, and I can’t wait to see what their futures hold.”

Along with the scholar experience day in Detroit, Ford collaborated with Omaze on a social campaign to raise funds for Kode with Klossy. Through the campaign, Omaze site visitors were given the opportunity to donate to the coding camps in exchange for a sweepstakes entry for a chance to win a 2019 Ford Mustang. The winner, chosen at random, will be flown out to Detroit in April of this year to tour the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and discuss how they plan to personalize their new Mustang, over lunch, with Karlie Kloss.

As a result of the funds raised from the Omaze campaign and Ford's sponsorship, the 2019 Kode With Klossy camp scholarships, helping nearly 1,000 young women across the 16 listed cities, as well as providing a significant investment in teacher training and curriculum.

Kode With Klossy empowers girls to learn to code and become leaders in tech. Founded in 2015, when Karlie Kloss began learning to code, Kode With Klossy hosts summer coding camps for girls aged 13–18 and fosters a national community, furthering opportunities for girls in tech. Kode With Klossy and Ford Steam Experience are both committed to empowering girls to pursue their passions in STEAM. That’s why Ford was so excited to help expand the Kode With Klossy summer coding camps, through a multi-year partnership—strengthening abilities, boosting confidence and empowering each girl to create her own future.

Ford Motor Company hosted the second annual STEAM Day – showcasing the company’s commitment to STEAM education – encouraging today’s youth to learn more about science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
As part of Ford’s commitment to STEAM, the Ford STEAM Council, which designs, develops and delivers programs to grow a talent pipeline for Ford, held the STEAM Day fair on November 9 at the Ford Product Development Center in Dearborn, Mich.
The event is designed to help increase employee awareness and reinforce the importance of these technological fields and education, as well as encourage more employees to get involved and be ambassadors for Ford’s efforts to become a global thought leader in STEAM.

Ford Next Generation Learning – with a specific mission to transform teaching and learning, primarily through changing the relationship schools have with businesses – was one of many organizations in attendance at the fair, working to showcase their work in STEAM education and how it can be improved.

“To borrow an old phrase, it takes a village,” said Beth Grzelak, coach for Ford NGL. “We need more people that have these technical backgrounds and interest to do this kind of work, so if students, teachers and schools are surrounded by it and have the resources, it can only help.”

The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation also attended this year’s STEAM Day – with their mission to grow and inspire girls and women in technology fields. Chris Rydzewski, executive director of MCWT, said one of the challenges is the lack of women in these fields – only 24 percent in technology. Her organization’s goal is to stop the mindset that young girls don’t want to get into STEAM fields by helping them have a better understanding of what STEAM is, what it entails and how fun it can be.

“The future is technology, it’s all about STEAM, we need to work on getting more people interested, and events like this are a perfect way to do that,” Rydzewski said. “This shows our support for Ford and also helps us with engagement.”

Prashant Javkar, strategy and programs manager for Ford’s corporate STEAM team, said Ford’s investment in STEAM education and programs is crucial in order to fill the large gap between STEAM talent needs of the future and the skilled workforce currently available. Ford’s outreach with events like this also helps give the company an opportunity to learn more about the community.

American industry was built on innovation. Yet, innovation is tightly tied to science, technology, engineering and math, the combination of subjects commonly referred to as STEM. The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) has been working to expand the nation’s thinking by approaching educators and the legislature with evidence that art and design are “poised to transform our economy in the 21st century, just as science and technology did in the last century.”[i] So, several years ago, the design school began championing the STEAM movement. According to the RISD STEM to STEAM website, “the goal is to foster the true innovation that comes with combining the mind of a scientist or technologist with that of an artist or designer.”[ii]

In an article originally created for ARCADE Magazine (issue 31.2, 2013) and updated recently, Babette Allina, an artist, a research policy expert and RISD’s director of government relations, wrote:

“STEAM began to gain traction in industry and government circles with the introduction of House Resolution 319, sponsored by Jim Langevin (D-RI), ‘expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that adding art and design into federal programs that target Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth in the United States.’ In 2013, RISD helped to launch the Congressional STEAM Caucus, and in 2016, Caucus Co-Chair Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) successfully introduced an amendment to the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now ESSA), laying the foundation for integrating K-12 arts and STEM education:‘(vi) integrating other academic subjects, including the arts, into STEM programs to increase participation in STEM, improve attainment of STEM-related skills and promote well-rounded education.’”

This type of movement in legislation will go a long way in helping RISD’s work toward the integration of art and design in K-20 education with the hope of driving innovation in the 21st century.

Ford Motor Company is committed to providing young people with the opportunity to explore STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and math – in a hands-on way.

On December 10, more than 75 girls from schools around the metro Detroit area, in grades four through eight, came together at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. The Science Center hosts several programs to give young women hands-on experience with tech fields – one of those being the Ford-sponsored STEMinista project.

The participants were given recycled materials to create an innovation or invention that solves a problem of their choosing – they ranged from transportation to food. One group created a flying car with their recycled materials to solve a transportation issue, while another created a device that delivered a food of their choosing to them, with just the push of a button.

Fifteen Ford role models – women in STEM fields ranging from environmental science, finance, product development, information technology and manufacturing– spent a few minutes with each group of girls, talking to them about their careers, and helping them with their innovations and inventions.

The program aims to show young girls the several different areas where STEM plays a role – medical, technical, and many more. One way to do that, is to surround them with women who are in these fields, and allow them to “pick their brains” – ask questions and explore their day-to-day activities, in order to give them a real-life idea of what a future in STEM looks like.

“It isn’t just about being good at math and science,” said Alison Bazil, business manager for vehicle components and system engineering at Ford. “If you like to be creative and inventive, solve problems and make things better, that’s really what engineering is all about.”

Bazil herself was interested in a career in engineering at a young age, and was hired at Ford when she was 21 years old. She said one of the messages she wants to give young women is that stereotypes about STEM fields aren’t always accurate.

“There is a stereotype that engineers sit in a dark cube and never talk to another soul, they’re just clicking around on a computer,” said Bazil. “It’s so much more creative than that; at times we’re going to get actual parts, we’re playing and being very hands-on in order to be creative.”

That’s not dissimilar to what the groups were instructed to do with their recycled materials – find a way to solve a problem by creating something with what you’re given. That assignment is an honest way to show these young women what a career in STEM can be like.

“It is so important to set an example – engineering is not a new field, but they don’t see a lot of women who do it,” said Bazil. “What’s great about this program is we have all different women from Ford – all ages and backgrounds, to drive the message home.”

Ford Motor Company recognizes that robotics programs are a great way for children to start experiencing STEAM fields in action. For that reason, the company has been supporting FIRST® Robotics for nearly 20 years.

FIRST® – For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology – provides the opportunity for students in grades K-12 to work in teams, bringing STEAM fields to life by building their own robots. For two students in particular, the program was very beneficial to them even after they graduated from college.

Matthew Carpenter and Robert Self – former members of FIRST® – are now full-time employees at Ford through the company’s Ford College Graduate program. The rotational program gives college grads the opportunity to work in several different departments throughout the company over a 32 month period, before committing to an area permanently.

Carpenter became a FIRST® member in high school, after some friends who were heavily involved in the program encouraged him to check it out. “I was one of those kids that always took stuff apart when they were little, so this was right up there with the kind of things I was interested in,” he said.

Carpenter’s team was mentored by Ford employees, which helped him network and ultimately, get into the Ford College Graduate program. He credits his ability to pick up technical skills like computer aided design and programming to his FIRST® involvement. He said participating in the program made him realize that he liked hands-on problem solving, which led him to pursue engineering as a career, not just a hobby.

“I learned a lot about communicating with people who have different backgrounds than I do,” Carpenter said. “That’s an essential skill for working in cross-functional teams.”

Self joined the program his junior year in high school, and credits FIRST® with helping guide him toward a definitive career path. He says through the program, he learned core engineering skills that he uses in his position at Ford today.

“At the time, I was really involved in physics and chemistry and the core science and math courses, but I didn’t necessarily know exactly what I wanted to do,” said Self. “Being able to go and work with other high school students and industry mentors, develop my technical skills, and realize how math and science are used outside the classroom really opened up the window for me to realize that I wanted to be an engineer.”

His involvement in FIRST® has come full circle, as he is now on the Ford FIRST® board, working to improve employee involvement with mentoring. He himself will be mentoring teams beginning in January.

Both Self and Carpenter agree that based on their experience in the Ford College Graduate program so far, it meets its goal – to help millennials build a career with Ford Motor Company.

As part of its expanding support for STEAM educational programs, Ford Motor Company has joined with Girls Who Code, a non-profit that teaches computer science to sixth through 12th grade girls. The company is hosting daylong tech events at its Ford Research and Innovation Center in Palo Alto, California.

“The girls get the chance to see what cool projects exist at a company like Ford that involve the use of code, so they can envision how what they’re learning right now can be used in the future,” said Ford research scientist Sarah Houts, a panelist at one of the events. “They also get to see the diverse backgrounds of the people who work on those projects so they can gain an understanding that code is a tool with applications for nearly every field.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in STEAM related fields will grow to more than 9 million by 2022. Both women and men are needed to fill those jobs.

“The use of technology is growing exponentially among young people, yet it’s becoming increasingly difficult to attract them to technology-related educational programs,” said Marcy Klevorn, Ford chief information officer. “Ford is working with Girls Who Code to educate them on the many exciting career opportunities available in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. This kind of outreach grows more important each year.”

So far this year, Ford has held three sessions with Girls Who Code, and recently hired two alumni as interns. One is working with augmented reality models and menus, the other with Java and Android. Already, each of these young women has produced work resulting in her being listed as sole inventor in separate invention disclosures – the first step in securing a patent.

The collaboration has been rewarding for Ford and Girls Who Code. “This program has been a great success,” said Jeffry Keiffer, manager human resources in Palo Alto. “We hope to continue the relationship in 2017.”

As part of the commitment Ford Motor Company made to STEAM education, the company is investing in the next generation of automakers – engineers, technicians, scientists, designers and innovators.

In the last five years, Ford has invested over 63 million dollars in education-related programs. The goal of the Ford STEAM experience is to serve as a learning and sharing hub that makes STEAM education more accessible to American youth.

On January 30, Vice President of information technology and chief information officer at Ford, Marcy Klevorn, visited second-grade students at Detroit Country Day Lower School, to educate them on STEAM fields – science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Klevorn explained how Ford employees tackle problems to improve people’s lives.

“At a time when the need for STEAM careers is rising, the supply for those roles is not,” Klevorn said. “That’s why it’s important for us to get these children excited about being in those roles, so they can start thinking about what’s possible for them in the future.”

The students learned about the FordPass app™ – a total customer experience that is designed to improve people’s lives as they navigate through cities, find parking available in select cities, use their phones for vehicle information and more. They were also given the opportunity to get an inside look at a Ford vehicle that uses the FordPass app, exploring how the app is designed to work in conjunction with the vehicle.

Klevorn introduced them to the team of Ford employees who work on the app, from its design to data. Those team members also helped the students brainstorm and create ideas for robotics projects they’re working on in school. Enabling the students to have discussions with the people who do these jobs every day gives them a clearer picture of the possibilities for their own futures.

“Our ultimate goal is to inspire interest in technology and innovation which is not only critical to Ford, but also the world’s future development,” said Klevorn. “By supporting education in these areas, we’re creating opportunities connecting the company and its employees directly with youth and the community-at-large.”

Jennifer Bullock, Detroit Country Day Lower School director said the presentation with Ford was very much in line with the school’s commitment to educating their students about STEAM fields. She and her staff believe that instead of asking students what specific careers they may want in their futures, they should be asking what problems they want to solve.

“The Ford team taught the children about how they work in teams to solve problems, and that many innovations are the result of lots of trial and error,” Bullock said. “They enjoyed learning about the industry’s progress toward autonomous vehicles, and current technology at Ford where cars and drivers communicate with each other.”

As part of Ford Motor Company’s collaboration with four Girl Scouts Councils, young girls from Southeastern Michigan’s council had the chance to explore STEAM-related fields in science, technology, engineering, arts and math through the first Ford Girls’ Fast Track Races event in Detroit on October 15.

The goal of the race is to provide hands-on experience in vehicle engineering and design to hundreds of Brownies and Juniors from each of the participating councils. The girls have the opportunity to learn about automotive science and engineering by building their own track race cars.

“Working together on this event today is just an outstanding way for us to show our innovation and support for girls in STEAM,” said Alison Bazil, business manager for vehicle components and system engineering for Ford Motor Company. “The Girl Scouts’ mission is to instill girls with courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place.”

Girls’ Fast Track Races, Powered by Ford, is designed to provide encouragement and motivation to the four participating councils as they work to build their own race cars. It gives participants the opportunity to connect and compete at the highest level – all while sparking creativity to ensure a brighter future, not just for Ford, but for the entire community.

“We want to build the girls’ confidence in their STEAM abilities by introducing them to different experiences like this, and to different STEAM professionals,” said Barb Sosin, director of council programs for the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan. “Ford has allowed us to provide this opportunity to the girls that they may not have otherwise had, and we’re very appreciative of Ford’s sponsorship of this event.”

Teaming up with the four Girl Scouts councils made sense for Ford, as the company knows diversity is imperative to future innovations. “This is just a collaboration made in heaven, between what Ford is wanting to do and what Girl Scouts is all about,” said Bazil.

In addition to offering guidance to the girls on their vehicles, Ford Motor Company engineers are judges in a design competition, where the cars are judged based on workmanship and creativity. Two design trophies are awarded in addition to trophies for the fastest Brownie and Junior cars.

Scott Weiler has been teaching for nearly 11 years. He’s currently teaching engineering at Amphi Middle School in Tucson, Ariz. – a city that he says is one of the poorest in the country. He sees a natural determination in his students, something seen in innovators, but they’re not sure what to do with it. He wanted to change that, and that’s how Girl Power in Science and Engineering was born.

It started in 2012, with the goal to connect young girls at Amphi with female mentors in STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts and math. The program began with 45 girls and 15 mentors, encouraging conversation, taking field trips and educating them on what STEAM is in a positive way.

The mentors Weiler brings into the program give the girls a real-life example of women who have worked hard to pursue a career in STEAM, and what it took to get them where they are. Oftentimes, the details are what’s lacking – the girls haven’t always encountered role models from STEAM fields in their personal lives.

“They meet these women in STEAM that I bring in, and they can see that they aren’t much different from their mother, their aunt, and so on,” Weiler said. “There are women that came from poverty, were immigrants, any of those things, it doesn’t matter.”

One key piece of the Girl Power program is making sure the participants get a well-rounded view of what’s involved in the STEAM fields – something that Weiler feels is often lacking in STEAM education.

“They can problem solve and go through a design process, build something, and that’s all great, but that doesn’t exactly tell them what it’s going to take to get there, what the outcome is going to be, and that there’s going to be obstacles,” he said.

Amphi Middle School is located just a few miles from the University of Arizona, a great science and engineering school, so Weiler takes the girls there to show them everything from the dorms to the classrooms. “We want them to understand that it’s not going to be for everybody, we’re not trying to tell them there’s only one path,” said Weiler. “We’re trying to say here’s one more path you may not have known about and you might like this a lot.”

The program has since grown to 60 girls and 25 mentors – which is the most they can take right now. “We can max out at 60 girls because that’s the maximum we can fit on a bus with two adults,” said Weiler. “If we could afford the extra bus then we would bump it up to 120, easily.”

School Retool is a professional development program that helps school principals and leaders redesign their schools’ culture. They do this by creating “hacks” – mini experiments that they can perform in their schools. The hacks start small and lead into deeper learning.

School Retool was developed at the d.school Institute of Design at Stanford in partnership with IDEO. The Henry Ford Learning Institute, which develops Design Thinking workshops, coaching and resources to support STEAM learning objectives, has been working with School Retool for the last eight months. The d.school and HFLI have had a relationship since 2007, making collaboration ideal. Centered around behaviors and design, principals from all over the state of Michigan brainstorm their hacks, improvements they’d like to see in their schools, and work to determine how to implement them to better the education of their students.

“Principals, school leaders, never have time to get together and brainstorm in a setting like this, and they never get this kind of support,” said Christopher Patten, associate director of design thinking at HFLI. “This is a very action-oriented experience for them, and that combined with the support they’re getting from the leaders at School Retool, is really great, it’s an excellent opportunity.”

“I think it’s important to leave the building and have the opportunity to think – oftentimes, we don’t have time to just think,” said Dr. Curtis Lewis, principal at the Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies. “When I leave the building, I’m constantly checking my phone and my email, so it’s valuable to really force us to put those things away and think; we don’t spend enough time doing that.”

One of the hacks Dr. Lewis wants to focus on during the program is a way to further engage his students in critical thinking, improving the deeper learning experience for them. “I want to leave here with some strategies, some ways to think about how I can address that concern, getting my students to think more critically than they already do,” he said.

There are four School Retool events in Detroit that these school leaders will attend, and after each one, they’ll have something to work on before the next meeting. The format for the program helps them identify what their aspirations are for their schools, to break those down into more specific areas and, finally, to come up with effective solutions.

This July, Michigan Technological University’s Summer Youth Programs (SYP) will host 24 exceptional middle school students from five Midwestern states. Ten of them have won a new, competitive scholarship called Junior Women in Engineering, funded by $10,000 from the Ford Motor Company.

The weeklong program will take place on the Michigan Tech campus in Houghton, Michigan, July 24 to 30, 2016.

The program is an exploration of the various types of engineering, showcasing future career paths. During the week, the students will stay in the residence halls, enjoy meals in the dining hall and attend class across campus, enabling them to get a feel for the independence that comes with attending college. The main purpose of the program is to help girls learn what engineering entails and help them to envision their future as women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields.

Exploring Engineering Fields

Participants from Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Illinois will be challenged to design and implement various projects from many different fields of engineering, including civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, materials and more. The students will problem-solve, create, work in teams and learn to overcome obstacles, much the way engineers do in their careers.

Ford Motor Company also provided $10,000 in funding towards each of Michigan Tech’s Women in Engineering (WIE) and Women in Computer Science (WICS) scholarship programs. “STEM at Ford is committed to helping develop a skilled workforce,” said Alison Bazil, co-lead of the company’s STEM Advisory Council. “The Michigan Tech summer engineering program is a great way for Ford to support students exploring the STEM fields.”

Ford also gave $10,000 to help support WIE in 2015.

Women in Engineering

WIE is a highly competitive, engaging week-long look at engineering careers in areas such as mechanical, computer, environmental, electrical, chemical, biomedical, civil, geological and materials engineering. One hundred and fifty high school students from across the country and around the world will participate in the program, which features engineering sessions, group projects and special topic presentations. Participants this year include high school students from Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Georgia, California, Arizona, Alabama, Wisconsin, Washington, Virginia and the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The WICS program includes an exploration of computer programming, artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality, visualization, networks and cybersecurity. Twenty-four young women will learn about career opportunities in computing and the excellent job prospects in a wide range of industries. Participants this year will travel from Missouri, California, New Jersey, Arizona, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Summer Youth Programs also offers a variety of other camps and explorations, including business, computing, engineering, humanities, leadership, social sciences, outdoor and environmental studies, and science and technology. Each camp is one week long, beginning June 21 and ending August 1, 2016.

For more information on SYP camps or scholarship opportunities, visit www.syp.mtu.edu or call the Center for Pre-College Outreach office at (906) 487-2219.

In collaboration with Destination Imagination, a nonprofit whose mission is to “empower students to change the world,” Ford Motor Company created a challenge called Escape the Garage that required students to draw on their ingenuity and teamwork. The challenge debuted at Global Finals 2016 in Knoxville, Tenn., in May.

When student groups such as global champion Team Lightbulb from Caruso Middle School in Deerfield, Ill., entered the Ford-designed garage on May 28 and the door closed, members had 10 minutes to solve clues that would help them escape.

“Students combined teamwork and STEAM skills, which is exactly what Destination Imagination is all about, to figure out how to solve a problem they’d never seen before,” said Team Lightbulb coach Dave Kaufman. “Having a major sponsor like Ford be a part of the students’ experience was amazing.”

Members of Team Lightbulb said their emotions ranged from nervousness to excitement at the start of the event, but one thing resonated with all five of them – teamwork would be key to the escape.

“When we figured out different clues in the garage, we communicated that to the others to help them solve their clues,” said Team Lightbulb’s Alexandria Shick.

Another team member, Emme Sang, said that after unlocking one of the lockers, they had trouble getting the lock out. “There were maybe three of us working on it, so we had to call over another teammate to get the lock out.”

Students had to draw on their own technical skills without any help from adults – known throughout Destination Imagination as outside interference. From the coaches’ perspectives, this was a teaching moment, one that really empowered the student participants.

“The kids were super excited and kept talking about it afterward,” said Kaufman. “This experience will stay with them for a long time, and that’s very valuable.” For more than 30 years, Ford Motor Company has inspired young people to seek knowledge, be curious, solve problems and – like Henry Ford himself – make dreams of a better world come true. The company is committed to fostering interest in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math among American youth to help ensure the country can maintain its legacy of innovation and continue to thrive in a global economy.

HFLI recently had the opportunity to facilitate a series of Design Thinking challenges for more than 120 young people at the 2016 Destination Imagination Global Finals. Each May, more than 8,000 youth participate in DI’s international competition, celebrate their creativity and have fun. This year, teams from 20 countries traveled to Knoxville, Tenn. for the event.

The mobility-focused Design Thinking challenges were sponsored by Ford Motor Company. Both compelling and age appropriate, they included connections to dynamic transportation design careers and were created specifically for elementary school, middle school and high school students:

• Features for Creatures – Ages 8-14/Grades 2-7

• Commandeer Your Gear – Ages 11-15/Grades 6-10

• Reboot Your Commute – Ages 14-adult/Grades 8-adult

For example, in the “Features for Creatures” rapid cycle challenge, participants ages 8-14 designed a way for their user to transport a pet.

Christopher Patten, our Associate Director of Design Thinking, found the Design Thinking challenges to be a fantastic opportunity to open young minds to new people, new perspectives, and a new way of thinking.

Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation Names Ford Motor Company’s Judy Asher ‘Woman of the Year in Technology’

Ford Motor Company works with several organizations to achieve success in its commitment to STEAM education – encouraging young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Many Ford employees actively participate and volunteer for the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation (MCWT), supporting the mission to make Michigan the No. 1 state for women in technology.

MCWT strives to inspire and grow the female IT workforce - students, corporate partners, schools and the overall community with networking, learning, mentoring and technology experiences for professionals and students.

Judy Asher is this year’s recipient of MCWT’s “Woman of the Year in Technology” award, which recognizes women in Michigan who are leading or driving change in information technology careers or fields of study. Asher was presented with the award at the nonprofit’s signature gala on Nov. 3 in Rochester, Mich.

Asher is manager of cyber security governance, risk and compliance and security and controls compliance at Ford. She is a passionate advocate for MCWT and its programs – a leader in STEAM initiatives at Ford, and has inspired a multitude of young people to explore related career paths.

She’s been engaged with MCWT for the past 10 years, and is the chief mission officer for university programs. Scholarships, technology camps and programs like Girls Solve IT have gained momentum as a result of her dedication and mentoring.

“I am excited to continue to contribute to the state of Michigan becoming the place where women in technology can thrive,” said Asher.

Jeff Lemmer, Ford Motor Company vice president and CIO, said "It’s an honor to see Judy recognized as a leader driving inspiration and education for women in the field of technology. Her work with MCWT and Ford’s STEAM Experience programs are strengthening our community to inspire the hearts and developing minds for the next generation.”

To inspire the next generation of automakers, it's critical that children be exposed to STEAM at an early age. If they've acquired an interest in STEAM principles by eighth grade, they're three times more likely to pursue careers in STEAM fields later in life. By providing the right opportunities and resources, we can inspire more kids to become innovators, problem solvers and big dreamers.

With hopes of getting kids interested in the big world of automotive, we started with what felt natural -- cars, small ones. This series of quick videos demonstrates how to create fun DIY cars while learning basic STEAM principles. Watch the videos with your kids to help explore their interestes and expand their minds.

For months, college engineering students with a passion for motorsports breathe, eat and live race car aerodynamics – tuning, testing and tweaking their cars to ensure their team has the lightest, fastest machine on the track.

Since 2004, hundreds of students on Ford-sponsored teams in Formula SAE, Solar Car, SAE Super mileage and other series work to make their cars as aerodynamically efficient as possible. They aim for perfection – striving to be the fastest and the best. Along their journey, Ford engineers help them refine their craft in one of the company’s world-class wind tunnels.

Ford has been inspiring and mentoring the next generation of dedicated student racers for more than a decade, offering the time and expertise of its engineers and allowing the teams to put their cars to the test in its tunnel facilities in Allen Park, Michigan.

An automotive wind tunnel generates a controlled stream of fast-moving air, simulating real-world conditions to allow aerodynamic development in vehicles.

Ford’s wind tunnel is particularly sophisticated, providing both aerodynamic and aeroacoustic testing in a wide variety of environmental conditions for the company’s diverse lineup of both current and future vehicles. Ultimately, the facility allows Ford to bring higher-quality products to its customers.

A wide variety of student teams are putting their prototype vehicles to the test at Ford’s wind tunnel facility Some of these include the University of Michigan-Dearborn; University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Missouri University of Science and Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Michigan State University; and The Ohio State University.

“For Ford, this is great community involvement,” says Erik Stancato, a Ford vehicle architecture-vehicle integration engineer. Stancato formerly captained his Formula SAE team at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. “We have the testing facilities, we can answer the technical questions, and we can offer occasional manufacturing support,” he says.

Steve Wegryn, Ford supervisor of wind tunnel operations, says the facility lets the students come full-circle on their designs. “By simulating race speeds, they can validate their projections and estimations on downforce and drag with hard data – enabling them to tweak their design for optimal performance,” he says.

Very true, says Justin Rujan, lead aerodynamics engineer for the Formula SAE team at University of MichiganDearborn. Rujan recently spent a day in Ford’s wind tunnel. “In a book, you can learn the basics and lay the groundwork to make design choices,” he says. “But until you can actually apply that, and know you’re doing it the right way, it’s hard to make those choices.”

In May 2015, the U-M Dearborn team placed 8th out of 120 college teams at the Michigan International Speedway, competing against teams from around the world.

However, the results can be seen long before the race begins. Tristan MacKethan, a junior and co-aerodynamic lead for Formula SAE’s MRacing at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, says his team was able to optimize downforce by 24 percent as a result of an eight-hour session in the tunnel.

Downforce improves traction and cornering abilities, both important factors in racing. Ultimately, this should lead to faster lap times on the track.

MacKethan, interning at Ford this summer in the autonomous vehicle platform group, is part of a growing community of recruits from the program.

Competing on a student team offers benefits even after college, notes Joe Hendrickson, who joined Ford as a systems engineer soon after graduating from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2015.

He served as captain of his Formula SAE team his senior year.

“With this program, you’re using your degree before you even get out of school,” he says. “You’re used to changing things around, collaborating, trying new things. That’s helped me immensely in my position at Ford.”

Thanks
to the High School Science and Technology Program (HSSTP), Sarah Makki
is currently doing a work-study program with the calibration team for
2liter, while completing her bachelor’s degree in Robotics Engineering
at the University of Michigan Dearborn.

Makki
attended the HSSTP Saturday sessions, and from there was hired as a
summer intern at Ford, where she was able to facilitate experiments and
contribute to research that helped open her eyes to the possibilities at
Ford.

“I
love working at Ford, and the high school internship was eye-opening,”
she said. “The program helped me recognize my strengths and weaknesses
and all of the possibilities at Ford.”

The
student said her experiences with HSSTP and Ford also helped her narrow
down what she wanted to study, as well as what she would need in order
to do that. Additionally, it helped her see the possibilities beyond
school – showing her what’s out there after graduation.

“I
want to do something cool and make something that really changes
mobility, and I have realized through my experience here that I can
definitely do that at Ford,” Makki said.

The
goal of HSSTP is to give student participants valuable insights into
real-life applications of the skills learned in classrooms, while also
giving Ford a chance to promote science and engineering and encouraging
students to consider new career options.

“For
over 30 years, the program has given students the opportunity to spend
time on the Ford campus in Dearborn, while meeting with scientists,
engineers and technicians to see how science and engineering can have
real-world applications,” said Ken Washington, Ford vice president,
research and advanced engineering.

About 200 students attend presentations by Ford employees who volunteer their time each year.

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Email addresses collected at the point of the Forward-to-a-Friend email tool will be used solely for the purpose of forwarding to your intended recipient.

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Generate site analytics that improve our site layout, content, product offerings and services

Compile user data that is stored in our corporate database and may be used for marketing and other purposes

Match personal data collected here with data about you that we collect through other sources

Comply with legal requirements

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If you visit this site using a mobile device, we collect additional non-personally identifiable information which may include the type/model of the mobile device viewing the site and the mobile device's service provider and operating system.

Our primary goal in collecting non-personally identifiable information from you is to be able to perform site metrics that allow us to improve the functionality of the website.

We may use session and persistent "cookies," session logs, spotlight ads/web beacons/GIF/pixel tags, banner ads or links, and third-party click tracking analytics tools (such as DART, Adobe, and Efficient Frontier) to collect aggregate or other non-personally identifiable information about site visitors. An explanation on collection methods and how they work is included in Section 7 - Methods to Collect Information, below.

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Measure site activity to allow us to update our site to better meet user wants and needs

Provide you content that may be of interest to you based on pages visited and items viewed

Make the user experience more customer friendly

Develop new and improved products, services and marketing

FordSteamExperience.com utilizes non-personally identifiable information for the purpose of performing analytics on the user's experience while visiting this site. This analysis:

Is performed on an aggregate level and does not identify you or your information personally

May involve the use of a third-party vendor acting on behalf of FordSteamExperience.com

May be combined with data collected by third parties on other sites and apps and across devices

Is performed in order to improve our website and the user experience

May include the use of session and/or persistent cookies to track user movement across this and other Ford Motor Company websites or to track other events within or across this and other Ford Motor Company websites

7. Methods to Collect Information:
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This website may generate a "session log" when you visit our site. We use session logs to help us determine how people travel through our site. In this way, we can structure our pages so that the information most frequently visited is easier to find. By tracking page visits, we can also determine if the information we're providing is being used. The only data gathered is the Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you came, the website that referred you, the pages you visited and the date and time of those visits.

Users may be directed to FordSteamExperience.com via banner ads or site links. Ads or site links that are placed by FordSteamExperience.com use cookies or web beacons to deliver metrics on the effectiveness of the ads or links. They do not collect personally identifiable information from the user.

This site may provide visitors the opportunity to integrate with third-party social media sites, and FordSteamExperience.com may track on an aggregate level things like the number of items "liked" on this site, or items on this site that you choose to share with a third-party social media site.

Interest-Based Advertising

Interest-Based Advertising. On some pages of our site we may allow third-party advertising partners to set web tracking tools (e.g., cookies, web beacons) to collect anonymous, non-personally identifiable information regarding your activities on those web pages (e.g., your IP address, page(s) visited, time of day). We may also share such information we have collected with third-party advertising partners. These advertising partners may use this information (and combine it with information collected from other websites, apps or other digital services) for purposes of delivering future targeted advertisements to you when you interact with other (non-Ford) sites, mobile apps or digital services within their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as "interest-based advertising".

Pages of our website that collect information that may be used by such advertising partners for interest-based advertising purposes are identified by a link to AdChoices in the footer of the page.

Opting out

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1. Opting out on website pages. If you do not want your online browsing while on such pages to be used for interest-based advertising purposes, you may click on the AdChoices link in the footer to opt-out of such uses by the listed advertising partner(s). An opt-out applies only to the device and browser in use at the time of opting out. If you clear your browser cookies and wish to remain opted out of interest-based advertising, you must opt-out again. See the following paragraph to learn more about how opting out works. Even if you opt-out through this service, we may still collect non-personally identifiable information regarding your site activities and use it for non-interest-based advertising purposes.

1a. Opt-out Compliance Service for interest-based advertisements. This site and advertisements on third-party sites that link to this privacy statement use the Ghostery assurance service to comply with the cross-industry Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising (now generally known as interest-based advertising) managed by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) (http://www.aboutads.info). When you opt-out on site pages, or through such advertisements, Ghostery conveys your opt-out election(s) to the applicable advertising partner(s), which then know to place a cookie on your specific computer and browser (and only the specific computer and browser from which you opt-out) indicating that you have opted out. If you clear your browser cookies and wish to remain opted out of interest-based advertising, you must opt-out again. The list of our advertising partners that place cookies on this website may be updated from time to time. To opt-out of internet-based advertising by all DAA-participating companies and to learn more about interest-based advertising, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

2. Opting out of in App interest-based advertisements. iOS and Android mobile device users, and possibly users of other mobile devices, may control in App advertisements by disabling or resetting the mobile device advertiser ID. Below are links to instructions for controlling advertising IDs on iOS and Android devices.
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See the Opting out on website pages section above for opting out of interest-based advertising related to your mobile phone's browser.

3. Opting out through online advertisements. Advertisements on third-party websites that contain the AdChoices link and that link to this privacy statement may have been directed to you based on anonymous, non-personally identifiable information collected by advertising partners over time and across websites. These advertisements provide a mechanism to opt-out of the advertising partners' use of this information for interest-based advertising purposes. Even if you opt-out through this service, we may still collect and use information from the advertisements for non-interest-based advertising purposes, such as to determine the effectiveness of the advertisements.

4. Opting out of interest-based advertisements on other digital services. Users of other digital services (such as cable and direct TV) may be able to opt-out of interest-based advertising through the provider of the digital service. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of your digital service provider to determine if they engage in interest-based advertising, and, if so, how to opt-out.

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Personally identifiable information that you provide to us in the course of using our site features or requesting a product or service through this website may be gathered and stored in one or more of our corporate databases and be used for purposes of contacting you for things like promotional offers, marketing programs, or other communications from this website or other Ford Motor Company programs and services.

We may share personally identifiable information that we collect about you with other companies within the Ford Motor Company family of companies or subsidiaries. Our "family of companies" is the group of companies related to us by common control or ownership. We share information within this "family" as a normal part of conducting business and offering products and services to our customers.

Personally identifiable information that you provide to FordSteamExperience.com may be shared with our authorized dealers. This is necessary, such as, in order to honor your request for a price quote on a vehicle or in order to provide a dealer with information for purposes of contacting you in their regular course of business. The dealer is not restricted by FordSteamExperience.com in their use of your data.

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Ford may disclose information collected on this site if (1) in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Ford Motor Company, its affiliates or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Ford Motor Company, its affiliates or this site; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Ford Motor Company or affiliate personnel, users of their websites, or the public; or (2) if required to do so by law.

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10. Security of Your Information:
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11. Processing of Personal Data:
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12. Links to Other Sites:
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Effective Date: April 28, 2015

Terms and Conditions

Welcome to www.Social.Ford.com (the "Site"). This Site is operated by Ford Motor Company (hereinafter "Ford") and the content on the Site is owned by Ford or its affiliated companies and by affiliates and third parties that post on the Site through a license from Ford, but for whom Ford assumes no direct responsibility. Please read these terms and conditions and the Privacy Policy contained on the Site, as they, together with any additional terms to which you agree when using particular elements of the Site, constitute the entire agreement regarding the Site and set forth the legally binding terms governing your visit to this Site. These Terms and Conditions apply to all persons who visit this Site ("Visitors"), regardless of your level of participation.

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At Ford Motor Company, our social media strategy involves connecting our consumers with our employees in the digital space whenever possible, and providing value to them in the process. As a result, we have specific rules for online engagement, which, amongst other variables, involves abiding by the Word of Mouth Marketing Association's Code of Ethics.

Ford will:

Always request that our social media influencers be transparent and disclose their relationship, as well as anything they've received as a result of that relationship with Ford.

Insist on honesty of opinion. We want both positive and negative reviews of our vehicles.

Offer influencers engaging experiences that are worth talking about. We won't be cutting and pasting press releases into e-mails in hopes someone will post them.

Compensate influencers for consulting or other duties they do for Ford. This compensation will solely be for their time as an advisor and will not include an expectation that they will write about the project — favorably or unfavorably.

Apologize quickly for any mistakes we make. No one is perfect and we are sure that we will make a misstep in our efforts to engage with the social web, but we will be sure to learn from our mistakes.

Share this policy with all influencers with whom we work.

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Posting to Ford Social Message Boards Rules of Conduct

The Ford Social Message Boards (hereafter referred to as “Message Boards”) have been created exclusively for use by The Ford Social Members to conduct Ford Motor Company (hereafter referred to as “Ford”) related discussions. Agreement with these Rules of Conduct and use of the Message Boards imply concurrence with the following terms of service:

1. One Message Board registration is allowed per Member. By agreeing to these Rules, you certify that you have not accessed the Message Boards with another e-mail address that has had its Message Board privileges revoked.

2. Once you log in to your The Ford Social account and access the Message Boards, you thereby read and/or post messages at your own risk. Messages posted to the Message Boards and the content therein are not encrypted or secured by other means, and are available for unlimited viewing and printing by fellow The Ford Social Members. You are solely responsible for the content of your postings.

3. Ford and the employees, affiliates and agents thereof are not responsible for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses that directly or indirectly result from your use of the Message Boards or your posted message content.

4. Ford disclaims responsibility for defamation, obscenity or any Message Board content that may be considered inappropriate by some Members. Ford reserves the right to remove any Message Board posting at any time.

5. Ford does not serve an editorial function in relation to these Message Boards and is not responsible for their content. However, Ford and the employees, affiliates and agents thereof may manually mediate or screen posted messages prior to online publication. Messages may be manually edited for content or length. Third-party links may be deleted, and self-serving posts will be blocked.

6. Ford reserves the right to apply automatic, computerized word filters to Message Board postings. These filters remove common expletives and obscenities without affecting overall message content. If and when applied, this filtering process will screen Message Board postings as they are published.

7. Any posting containing an obscenity will be blocked, and therefore not posted.

8. When posting messages, keep the discussion as close as possible to the topic at hand.

9. Only messages written in English will be posted to the site. Messages posted in other languages will be blocked, and therefore not posted to the site.

10. The Message Boards are not the place to ask questions about your vehicle, and these comments will be blocked, and therefore not posted. If you have questions or concerns about your vehicle, we suggest you follow these steps:

b. If the inquiry or concern remains unresolved, contact the Sales Manager or Service Manager at the dealership.

c. If the inquiry or concern cannot be resolved at the dealership level, please contact Ford Motor Company at:

UNITED STATES

Telephone 800-392-3673

800-232-5952 (TDD for the Hearing Impaired)

Available 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m. Local Time

Monday-Friday

Mailing Address

Ford Motor Company Customer Relationship Center

P.O. Box 6248

Dearborn, MI 48126

CANADA

Telephone 800-565-3673

Available 8:30a.m.-8:00p.m. Local Time Monday-Friday

Mailing Address

Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited Customer Relationship Centre

P.O. Box 2000Oakville, Ontario, L6J5E4

10. Avoid posting copyrighted or trademarked material. If such material is posted within your message, you are solely responsible for such content.

11. Ford reserves the right to automatically block individual The Ford Social Members from posting messages to the Message Boards. The following activity is not permitted within the Message Boards and could result in revocation of your Message Board privileges at Ford's discretion:

a. Posting of material designed to advertise or market enterprises, products or services.

b. Use of expletives, obscenities, or potentially libelous, defamatory, threatening or inappropriate words or statements.

c. Publishing of another Member's personal information without permission.

FORD "CITY OF TOMORROW" CHALLENGEOFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

TIMING: The Ford "City of Tomorrow" Challenge ("Challenge," "Contest" or "Promotion") will begin on 10/5/2017 at 12:00:00 AM [midnight] Eastern Time ("ET") and end on 11/28/2017 at 11:59:59 PM ET ("Promotion Period").

ELIGIBILITY: The Promotion is open only to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and District of Columbia who, as of date of entry,

(a)are twenty-five (25) years of age or older and
(b) are the parent or legal guardian of at least one (1) child who is between eight (8) and fourteen (14) years of age (who is also a legal resident of the 48 contiguous United States and District of Columbia) ("Entrant").

Employees, directors and officers of Ford Motor Company ("Sponsor"), Destination Imagination, Inc., GTB, Exposure Marketing & Promotions, Inc., and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates and companies involved in the implementation and execution of the Promotion (collectively, the "Promotion Entities") are not eligible. Promotion is void in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other U.S. Commonwealths, Territories and jurisdictions (including overseas military installations) and where prohibited.

AGREEMENT TO THE OFFICIAL RULES: By participating, Entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and the Administrator, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. An Entrant winning a prize is contingent upon the Entrant fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

CONTEST OBJECTIVE: Ford Motor Company is looking for smart mobility solutions -- innovative yet realistic ideas for making Americaâs cities fully accessible for all persons. To this end, Entrants will create an original prototype, using readily available and common household items; for example, wood, string and cardboard ("Prototype" or "Submission"). Entrants are encouraged to make Contest participation a family project, involving the Entrant him/herself, their child or children and perhaps other adult family members (e.g., spouse), provided that such other family members are legal U.S. residents, 18 years of age or older; are not employees/officers/directors of Promotion Entities as set forth above; and have consented in writing to these Official Rules and participation in the Contest.

TO ENTER: Entrant visits http://fordsteamexperience.com/city-of-tomorrow-challenge ("Website") and completes the following steps:

(a)Fills out an official entry form with all required information, including his/her name, city/state or address, e-mail address and telephone number, as well as the name and date of birth of his/her child or children and other adult family members who are involved in creating the Submission (if any);
(b) Checks the boxes next to each of the following statements:

I certify that the photo of the Prototype is an accurate depiction of same and the attached submission is solely the original work product of myself, my child/children and other adult family members, if any (provided that such other adult family members have consented in writing to participate in the Contest after reviewing and agreeing to these Official Rules);
I did not violate the rights of any other person in the creation and development of the submission;
I have reviewed the Official Rules and agree to the Official Rules for myself as well as on behalf of my child/children.

(c) Uploads a photo of his/her Prototype, along with the name for the Prototype and an accompanying description of the Prototype in English, which is not to exceed 100 words.

The completed official entry form, photo of Prototype and description constitute an "Entry" in the Contest. All elements of Entry must be submitted by Entrant during the same on-line session; piecemeal or partial Entries will NOT be accepted. Entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM ET, on 11/28/2017.

ENTRY RESTRICTIONS:

There is a limit of one (1) Entry per Entrant. For the avoidance of doubt, if an adult family member participates in the Contest as part of another Entrantâs Entry, such adult family member cannot also submit an Entry him/herself (assuming that he/she is eligible to enter the Contest as set forth above.) Any violation of the preceding entry limits may result in disqualification of all Entries submitted by that Entrant.

Prototype, accompanying description and name of Prototype must be compliant with all technical specifications on Website. Such technical specifications are made a part of these Official Rules and incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Official Rules and such technical specifications, the technical specifications will prevail, govern and control only with regard to the parameters of Prototype, accompanying description and name of Prototype; and, in all other respects, these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.

Accompanying description and name of Prototype must be consistent with the Prototype itself. Any discrepancy amongst the elements of Entry may result in disqualification. Use of any items in Prototype that are not readily available and common household items, alcohol, firearms or other weaponry, drugs (whether or not lawful) or in violation of U.S. Federal or State law will result in disqualification.

Photo must accurately depict Prototype. The use of photo editing software to manipulate or embellish the content of the Prototype is prohibited and will result in automatic disqualification. Sponsor, Administrator and/or Destination Imagination, Inc. each reserve the right to condition prize award upon Entrant establishing to their satisfaction that the photo is an accurate depiction of Prototype, including possible delivery of the original Prototype for inspection by Sponsor/Administrator/Destination Imagination, Inc. Joint, group or team Entries (i.e., OTHER THAN the Entry being a family project, as discussed above) are NOT permitted. Once submitted, Entrant cannot supplement, modify or alter the photo of Prototype, name of the Prototype and/or accompanying description. Prototype (and accompanying description as well as name of Prototype) must have been created by Entrant (including Entrantâs child/children or other adult family members involved in creation of Entry as a family project) specifically for this Contest and cannot have been previously published or have won an award or prize in any other contest or competition.

By participating, Entrant agrees that all Submissions (also referred to as "Entries") shall meet the following requirements and guidelines (any Entry that, in Sponsorâs sole and absolute discretion, violates the following criteria will be disqualified and will not be considered an Eligible Entry):

Entries must constitute an original work of Entrant (including the Entrant him/herself, Entrantâs child/children and other adult family members involved in creation of Entry as a family project) and must be keeping with the Sponsorâs image, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

Entries must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, right of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party.

Entries must not be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, illegal, discriminatory or harassing, or display inappropriate activity, behavior or conduct or contain nudity.

Entries must not promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message.

Entries must not be obscene or offensive, crude or vulgar, endorse any form of hate or hate group, gang signs or symbols.

Entries must not contain trademarks owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission.

Entries must not contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media) without permission.

Entries must not contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, voices or other indicia identifying any person, including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead, without permission.

Entries must not include look-alikes or celebrities or public or private figures, living or dead.

Entries must not communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which the Released Parties wish to associate.

Entries must not depict and/or contain any content that is in violation of these Official Rules and/or any applicable laws.

Additionally, if any entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by the Entrant (or the Entrantâs child/children or other adult family members of Entrant involved in the creation of Entry), and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, Entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules, including, without limitation, name and likeness permissions from any person who appears in or is identifiable in the Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from the Entrant at any time. Failure to provide such proof may, if requested, render the Entry null and void. By submitting an Entry, Entrant warrants and represents that any persons appearing or who are identifiable in the Entry (including other adult family members) consent to the submission and use of the Entry in the Contest and to its use as otherwise set forth herein. Sponsor shall have the right to modify a photo of a Prototype, accompanying description and/or name of Prototype to bring the Submission in compliance with these requirements should it feel it is necessary in its sole discretion. All Submissions will be reviewed for content eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. Submissions containing false information, prohibited material or inappropriate content, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may be disqualified. Sponsor makes the final determination as to what Submissions are eligible to take part in this Contest. Entrant (on behalf of his/her child/children as well as him/herself personally) grants Sponsor and its agents the unconditional, irrevocable, worldwide right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such Submission in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the Entrant; and, Entrant further agrees to use best efforts to secure a similar grant of rights from other adult family members involved in the creation of the Entry, upon Sponsorâs request. BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, ENTRANT REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT HE/SHE (ACTING ON BEHALF OF HIS/HER CHILD/CHILDREN AS WELL AS HIM/HERSELF, AS APPLICABLE) HAS ALL RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST NECESSARY TO GRANT THE SPONSOR THE WORLDWIDE, IRREVOCABLE AND UNRESTRICTED RIGHT AND LICENSE TO ADAPT, PUBLISH, USE, EDIT AND/OR MODIFY SUCH SUBMISSION IN ANY WAY AND POST THE ORIGINAL SUBMISSION ON THE INTERNET AND USE THE ORIGINAL SUBMISSION IN ANY OTHER WAY AND AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD SPONSOR HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY. (ENTRANT FURTHER AGREES TO USE BEST EFFORTS TO SECURE A SIMILAR REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY AND AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD SPONSOR HARMLESS FROM OTHER ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THE ENTRY, UPON SPONSORâS REQUEST.) IN ADDITION, IF AT ANY TIME DURING THE CONTEST ENTRY PERIOD OR AT ANY TIME THEREAFTER, SPONSOR DETERMINES THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OR NO ELIGIBLE ENTRIES EXIST FROM WHICH TO DETERMINE THE WINNERS (SEE BELOW), THEN SPONSOR MAY EITHER SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THE CONTEST OR MODIFY IT (OR ANY PARTS THEREOF) IN ANY EQUITABLE MANNER THAT SPONSOR DEEMS APPROPRIATE IN ITS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE DISCRETION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY NOT AWARDING ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE PRIZING SET FORTH IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

Sponsor may (but is in no way obligated to) post Entries on the Website and perhaps elsewhere. Such posting is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, SUCH POSTING DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY REPRESENTATION BY SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR AS TO THE ELIGIBLITY OF AN ENTRY OR NOTIFICATION THAT A GIVEN ENTRY HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A PRIZE WINNER IN THE CONTEST.

IF POSTED, ENTRIES REPRESENT SOLELY THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT (AS WELL AS HIS/HER CHILD/CHILDREN AND ANY OTHER ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF ENTRY AS A FAMILY PROJECT) BUT DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. SPONSOR IS ACTING AS A PASSIVE CONDUIT FOR THE POSTING OF ENTRIES AND DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SCREENING, MONITORING OR REVIEWING ENTRIES PRIOR TO POSTING OF SAME.

WINNER SELECTION:

On or about 12/4/2017, a judging panel comprised of members of Sponsor and Destination Imagination, Inc. will review all eligible Entries based on the following criteria: Overall Creativity of Prototype (50%); Creative Use of Materials in Development of Prototype (30%); Creativity of Name of Prototype (20%). The highest ranked Entry is the Grand Prize winner; the second highest ranked Entry is the First Prize winner; the third highest ranked Entry is the Second Prize winner. In the event of a tie, the winning Entry will be determined based on an additional judgesâ review of the tied Entries based on the foregoing criteria.

WINNER NOTIFICATION:

Potential prize winner will be contacted by the Administrator by email and/or telephone. Potential prize winner will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release and except where prohibited by law, a Publicity Release Form as well as other documents that Sponsor/Administrator/Destination Imagination, Inc. may require, including an additional Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release and except where prohibited by law, a Publicity Release Form to be completed by potential prize winner on behalf of his/her child/children involved in the creation of the Entry and an additional Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release and except where prohibited by law, a Publicity Release Form from other adult family member(s) involved in the creation of Entry (each, "Affidavit/Release") within three (3) days of notification. The potential prize winner must respond to prize notification within three (3) days. If a potential prize winner fails to timely return all required Affidavits/Releases, if Entrant is ineligible or the potential prize winner cannot be contacted after reasonable effort as determined by Administrator in its sole discretion, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected (i.e., the next highest ranked entry after that of the disqualified Entrant will be the alternate potential prize winner as per WINNER SELECTION above).

PRIZES/APPROX. RETAIL VALUE ("ARV")

GRAND PRIZE:

Trip for winner and up to three (3) guests (at least one of whom must be winnerâs child who participated in the creation of Grand Prize winning Entry) to Detroit, Michigan in Winter 2017/2018 (the specific dates to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, with trip to commence no later than 3/15/2018) for a "Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematic" (STEAM) Experience (i.e., tours and other activities as scheduled by Sponsor/Administrator/Destination Imagination, Inc. which are tailored to the interests of winnerâs child/children). The prize trip consists of roundtrip, coach air travel from a major airport near winnerâs home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Detroit; three (3) nightsâ hotel accommodations in Detroit (standard room, double occupancy); ground transfers between airport and hotel in Detroit as well as to/from STEAM Experience activities; participation in STEAM Experience; one (1) $800 gift card which may be used for travel-related expenses or otherwise; one (1) $5000 529 plan gift card. Total ARV: $17,650. (If actual value is less than $17,650, winner will not receive difference in value in cash or otherwise.)

FIRST PRIZE: $3,000 529 plan gift card. ARV: $3,000.

SECOND PRIZE: $2,000 529 plan gift card. ARV: $2,000.

Total ARV of All Prizes: $22,650.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS- GRAND PRIZE:

Trip must be taken on date designated by Sponsor during Winter 2017/2018 (specific trip dates to be provided to winner at time of prize notification, if not sooner); if winner and at least one (1) child who participated in the creation of Grand Prize winning Entry cannot travel on such date for any reason, Grand Prize will be forfeited without compensation and an alternate winner selected (as discussed above). For the avoidance of doubt, at least one (1) of the Grand Prize winnerâs guests must be a child who participated in the creation of Grand Prize winning Entry. Winner and all guests must travel together on the same itinerary. Trip (including but not limited to elements of STEAM Experience) are subject to availability and other restrictions. Each guest (if any guest of winner is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian) will be required to sign a liability release and where permitted by law a publicity release ("Release") prior to issuance of travel documents (if other adult family member(s) already signed Affidavit/Release as set forth above, they are not required to sign an additional Release; if guest is the child of winner and winner already signed an Affidavit/Release on his/her behalf as set forth above, an additional Release need not be signed for such child). If any guest on trip is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, such guest must also be accompanied by his/her parent or legal guardian. If a minor guest is not the child of the winner, their parent/legal guardian will also count as one (1) of the winnerâs guests. Winner and all guests agree to conduct themselves at all times in a socially responsible, appropriate and well-behaved manner, as well as following all instructions of Sponsor/Administrator and their representatives, with the understanding that failure to do so may result in immediate termination of trip (without warning) for winner and/or guest[s] (as appropriate) and perhaps the imposition of other legal sanctions. (The preceding includes but is not limited to participation in STEAM Experience.) In the unlikely event that certain elements of STEAM Experience are determined by Sponsor/Administrator to be unavailable during trip for any reason, the remaining elements of Grand Prize will constitute the entire liability of Sponsor to winner. If winner lives within 200 miles of Detroit (as determined by Sponsor/Administrator in their sole discretion), the winner may receive ground transfers in lieu of air travel and no additional compensation will be awarded. If winner accepts the prize but his/her only guest is his/her child who participated in the creation of Grand Prize winning Entry, no additional compensation will be awarded. In all cases, air travel and hotel accommodations will be determined by Sponsor/Administrator in their sole discretion. All expenses and costs related to acceptance and use of prize not expressly listed above, including but not limited to, souvenirs, travel to/from departure airport, taxes and gratuities, are entirely the winnerâs responsibility. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the cancellation or delay of any flight. Winner and guests will not receive bonus miles, rewards points or other "perks" in conjunction with prize travel.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS- 529 GIFT CARDS:

529 Gift Card funds will only be released if and only if winner establishes a 529 college savings plan for the benefit of his/her child (or perhaps another child) in full accordance with applicable U.S. Federal and State law; 529 Gift Card CANNOT be redeemed for cash value or used for any purpose OTHER THAN funding a bona fide 529 college savings plan. Winner must register 529 Gift Card online at designated website as per the requirements of 529 Gift Card issuer, which will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. 529 Gift Card is subject to additional terms/conditions as indicated thereon/provided therewith.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS- IN GENERAL:

Prize may not be transferred or assigned. No cash or other substitution may be made, except by the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute the prize (or prize element) with another prize/prize element of comparable or greater value if the intended prize/prize element is not available for any reason as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Winner will be solely responsible for all applicable taxes (not limited to federal, state, local and/or income) on prize, which will be reported to applicable governmental authorities as required by law. Winner will also be required to provide his/her Social Security number or tax ID# for tax reporting purposes; and, Sponsor will file an IRS Form 1099 with the Internal Revenue Service for the fair market value of the prize. Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Promotion constitutes permission from Entrant for Sponsor and its designees to use Entrantâs name, hometown, likeness, statements, other personally identifiable information for promotional, advertising and marketing purposes in any media throughout the world without prize, incentive, consideration, consent or review; Entrant further agrees to the use of name, hometown, likeness, statements, other personally identifiable information of his/her children for the aforementioned promotional, advertising and marketing purposes by Sponsor and its designees. In both cases, Entrant agrees upon request to provide written consent to such use. Entrant further agrees, upon request, to secure a similar grant of rights from other adult family members involved in the creation of the Entry. Limit of one (1) prize per family, household or address.

GENERAL CONDITIONS / RELEASE. By participating, Entrant (a) releases Promotion Entities, their respective directors, officers, agents and employees (collectively the "Released Parties") from any and all liability for any claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by such participation, including the unauthorized or illegal access to personally identifiable or sensitive information of Entrant and/or his/her child/children, or the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize; and (b) acknowledge that said parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize including, but not limited to prize quality or availability. Neither Released Parties nor any service providers are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information supplied by Entrant while participating in the Promotion, incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, improper recording of entry information or failure to record entry information altogether, or for any human or other error, lost data, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, damaged, misdirected entries. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT, THEIR CHILD/CHILDREN OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL (E.G., OTHER ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN CREATION OF ENTRY) TO DELIBERATELY TAMPER WITH THE ENTRY PROCESS, OTHERWISE UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION, OR TO DEFRAUD SPONSOR MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO COOPERATE IN THE PROSECUTION OF ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL(S) AND TO PURSUE ALL REMEDIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Multiple Entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Entries that are incomplete or corrupted are void. Sponsor and Administrator are not liable or responsible for late, invalid or misdirected entries, all of which will be disqualified. Sponsorâs failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. If for any reason the Promotion is not capable of being executed as planned, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of Entrants and/or their children (or other adult family members involved in creation of Entry as a family project), technical failures or any other causes which in the opinion of Administrator and/or Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Promotion, Administrator reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any suspect entry and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion. In the event of any cancellation, termination or suspension, notice thereof will be posted on the Website and the selection of winners will be made in a manner determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion, to be fair, appropriate and consistent with these Official Rules. Entries not complying with all rules are subject to disqualification.

GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION/DISPUTES. Entrant (on behalf of themselves and their child/children, as applicable) agrees that (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Promotion or the awarding of prizes shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion but in no event attorneysâ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will Entrant (and/or his/her child/children) be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to, claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, Entrant's/Entrantâs childâs or childrenâs rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Michigan, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than State of Michigan.

ENTRANT'S PERSONAL INFORMATION: Personal Information collected from Entrants is subject to the Ford Motor Company Privacy Statement located at http://www.ford.com/help/privacy/#privacy. By entering the Challenge, you expressly agree to the terms of the Privacy Statement.

Offer Terms

Complete an order form with all required information to receive a Ford STEAM Box. Offer available beginning 04/05/18 until supplies last. Must be legal resident of the 48 contiguous U.S., 18 or older.

Receipt of Ford STEAM Box is subject to validation by Ford Motor Company or its agent. Not to be combined with any other offer or promotion; group/business/organization requests not accepted. Offer rights not assignable or transferable. Limit (1) Ford STEAM Box per household. Allow 3 â 5 weeks for receipt of Ford STEAM Box (if order form is validated). Ford Motor Company will determine shipping method. Only (1) attempt will be made to deliver Ford STEAM Box; and, if Ford STEAM Box is returned as undeliverable for any reason, Ford Motor Company will not have any liability.

Ford Motor Company assumes no responsibility for late, lost, misdirected, illegible/garbled, incomplete, damaged/destroyed requests or Ford STEAM Box orders, or for any technological or programming error/malfunction/failure in conjunction with this Offer. Acknowledgment of receipt of order form is not otherwise binding on Ford Motor Company. Ford STEAM Box may vary from depictions of same on website and elsewhere; and, Ford Motor Company disclaims any and all liability for such differences. If lost or stolen, Ford STEAM Box will not be replaced; if Ford STEAM Box is defective in any regard, oneâs sole recourse is against the manufacturer of same (and not Ford Motor Company).

FORD MOTOR COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE FORD STEAM BOX, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR THE INTENDED PURPOSE; THE ONLY WARRANTIES ARE THOSE OF THE PRODUCT MANUFACTURER.

Employees of Ford Motor Company, its agencies and other entities involved in this Offer (e.g., GTB Agency LLC; Academics in a Box Inc.) are not eligible. Fraudulent submissions will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Ford Motor Companyâs decisions as to this Offer, including validity of order form, are final and binding in all respects. Offer not to be re-published without prior written permission of Ford Motor Company.

An avid camper and backpacker, Pete is able to use his love of the outdoors to drive his work each day. Pete and his team make sure that Ford vehicles are safe and efficient. He is currently working to certify that Ford trucks meet all safety and environmental requirements. Pete's favorite part about being a Ford engineer is that he is able to learn something new each day through business trips across the globe, and collaboration with other teams at Ford. Pete's favorite subject in school was art, and he is able to use his creative instincts to solve just about any engineering problem that may arise. Pete has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

Potential Smart Mobility Project for the City of TomorrowTM:

Based on Pete's skillset and position at Ford, for the City of Tomorrow he might work on developing an eco-conscious public transportation vehicle.

Edward loves cars, and was an avid toy car collector growing up. In his role as a Ford engineer, Edward is able to work on all kinds of cars. In fact, he gets to go INSIDE the cars he works on. He and his team develop the safety belts that are built into all Ford vehicles. Edward especially enjoys being an innovator, as he continually helps develop new safety belt technologies to help ensure that passengers remain safe. Edward's favorite subject in school was drafting, and he uses this to improve safety belt designs and their individual parts using computer-aided design software. Edward has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

Potential Smart Mobility Project for the City of TomorrowTM:

Based on Edward's skillset and position at Ford, he might work on developing a new safety system for an automated vehicle.

Gregory's favorite subject in school was chemistry. He loves finding ways to integrate chemistry, physics and mathematics into a project. Gregory and his team design the elements inside a car, like seating, steering and climate control. Gregory's favorite part of his job is being able to take an idea from design to fully realized inside a vehicle. Gregory is currently working on electronic shifters on the steering column that will be used in electric vehicles. Gregory played team sports growing up, and finds that the collaboration and perseverance skills he learned are some of the most important ones he uses as a Ford engineer. He has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.

Potential Smart Mobility Project for the City of TomorrowTM:

Based on Gregory's skillset and position at Ford, for the City of Tomorrow he might work on developing an automated steering system.

Jeanette has always enjoyed the art world and, as a child, she loved collecting colorful lunchboxes. With her eye for vibrant colors, functional design and a deep understanding of how things work together to make useful products, Jeanette's passion shines through in her work at Ford. She and her team research the roles and meanings of color in nature and in culture, then she integrates those colors in thoughtful ways into all of Ford's smart mobility products and designs. Jeanette is currently working on the interior design of a Ford sedan. Her favorite subject in school was 3-D design, because it allowed her to work in multiple artistic mediums while pulling in her engineering interests. She has a bachelor's degree in architecture.

Potential Smart Mobility Project for the City of TomorrowTM:

Based on Jeanette's skillset and position at Ford, for the City of Tomorrow she might work on developing the visual design of an e-bike.

Karen's favorite subject in school was geometry. She found it interesting to see how shapes, angles and measurements could be woven together to create something new and interesting. Karen uses her love of geometry as she and her team design, create and test airbags for Ford vehicles. She is currently working on a new system that will be able to tell if an accident is occurring and when the airbag should deploy, so that the passengers are protected. Karen enjoys woodworking in her spare time. Through this activity, she is able to exercise mathematical precision, creativity and perseverance. She uses these skills daily in her role at Ford. Karen has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

Potential Smart Mobility Project for the City of TomorrowTM:

Based on Karen's skillset and position at Ford, for the City of Tomorrow she might work on developing a crash safety system for drones.